Antique Birch Bark Snuff Box with Heart Cutout wooden clappers 2 7/8" x 2 13/16"

2 7/8" x 2 13/16" x 1" and in very good condition

which could be listed painter Franklin Stanwood

which played an important part in popularizing the medium

--are the perfect final touches

they're pretty great looking objects for the shelf or coffee table or desk

Antique Birch Bark Snuff Box with Heart Cutout wooden clappers 2 7/8" x 2 13/16"An unusual one. There are wrapped birch bark boxes of this ilk that are described Scandinavian, and others described as Native American I am really not entirely sure about this one, but I do know that it is an old one, 19th century I do believe, with iron nails holding it together here and there. I've never seen another with a cutout like this in the bark let alone a heart! and, curiously, the appears to be an image of a few playing cards showing